Intralesional Steroid Injection Versus Accent Method of Voice Therapy in Management of Vocal Nodules: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Who is this study for? Adult female patients with Vocal Nodules
What treatments are being studied? Triamcinolone
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Drug, Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 4
SUMMARY

Vocal nodules represent 16 % of benign vocal fold lesions.They are caused by chronic voice abuse or misuse and often occur in children and adult females. The resultant dysphonia leads to personal, social and occupational problems. The first line of treatment is voice rest and voice therapy. The Accent method is a holistic technique for behavior readjustment voice therapy which targets various voice parameters as loudness, pitch and timbre. However, voice rest and voice therapy are sometimes difficult to be carried out in patients with voice-related occupations. So, complete resolution may not be possible in all patients. When voice therapy is inefficient, resection is performed by laryngeal microsurgery under general anesthesia. However, the role of surgery is much restricted.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 55
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• \- 1- Female patients diagnosed with bilateral vocal fold soft edematous nodules with preserved stroboscopic waves , don't exceed base 2.5 mm and apex .5mm.

• 2- age: 18-55 years. 3- Normal articulation, resonance and language ability. 4- Normal hearing.

Locations
Other Locations
Egypt
Assiut university hospitals
RECRUITING
Asyut
Contact Information
Primary
Eman S Hassan, MD
eshh2003@aun.edu.eg
00201004082014
Backup
Hanan A Mohamed, MD
hanan.abdelrashed2007@yahoo.com
00201007954155
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-09-29
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-09
Participants
Target number of participants: 40
Treatments
Experimental: study group
female patients with vocal fold nodules undergoing intralesional steroid injection
Active_comparator: control group
female patients with vocal fold nodules undergoing Smith Accent voice therapy
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Assiut University

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